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imbroccata

imbroccata noun: a hit or thrust.

Noun

imbroccata (plural imbroccatas)

  1. (obsolete) A hit or thrust.
    • But then, you haue your passages, and imbroccata's in courtship1600 (first performance), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Cynthias Reuels, or The Fountayne of Selfe-Loue. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby...
    1. (obsolete) A particular thrust

Forms of imbroccata

pluralimbroccatas
alternative formimbrocata

Origin of imbroccata

From Italian imbroccata, feminine past participle of imbroccare (“to hit a target”).

Questions about imbroccata

What does imbroccata mean?
Imbroccata means a hit or thrust.
What part of speech is imbroccata?
Imbroccata is a noun.
What is the plural of imbroccata?
The plural of imbroccata is imbroccatas.

Words near imbroccata in the dictionary

  1. imbrocado
  2. imbrocadoes
  3. imbrocados
  4. imbrocata
  5. imbrocatas
  6. imbroccata
  7. imbroccatas
  8. imbrogli
  9. imbroglii
  10. imbroglio
  11. imbroglios

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